sustainable style posts

Maximize Your Wardrobe: How to Create New Looks without Buying Anything

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Maximize Your Wardrobe: How to Create New Looks without Buying Anything

My good friend and founder of A New Mode, a fashion/beauty/relationship web site, needed help — BAD! She had a closet full of clothes that she didn’t know how to wear. We partnered to inspire you how to take unworn, unloved pieces from your closet and style them into fresh outfits for fall — all [...]

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Flashing Short Shorts @ the Philly Swap

Friday, October 8th, 2010
Flashing Short Shorts @ the Philly Swap

And now, may I please introduce … the very FIRST webisode of SDV-TV! You’ve seen my other videos about vintage, spunky sunshine and my daily life as a 20-something high-energy girl on Vimeo … but now, SDV-TV is taking things up a notch! I’m proud to announce that starting with this VERY FIRST! webisode, you [...]

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Calling the 215!!! Visit Me as a Featured Stylist @ Philly Swap 2010

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Calling the 215!!! Visit Me as a Featured Stylist @ Philly Swap 2010

I have some seriously EXCITING news! I’m going to be a featured stylist at the 3rd annual Philly Swap event, brought to you by the one and only Swap O Rama RAMA!, this Sunday, October 3rd at the Philadelphia Naval Yard. Right by the corporate headquarters for Urban Outfitters! I went to school in Philadelphia, [...]

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Sammy D TV Episode 10: Talking Vintage Shoe Trends with Shoe Smitten

Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Sammy D TV Episode 10: Talking Vintage Shoe Trends with Shoe Smitten

Last week I met up with the fab Anna Bassham behind Shoe Hunting [her day job] and Shoe Smitten [her all-the-time-cause-she-just-loves-shoes-job!] Anna just moved here from Kansas to continue her with all things shoes in the city that is all things fashion. Anna tried on some great pieces from the collection, taking home these shoes [...]

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RIP, My Sweet, Sweet Vintage Coats

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
RIP, My Sweet, Sweet Vintage Coats

God bless my roommate. I’m not sure how he deals with the fact that I own approximately 2 1/2 closets to my name in our sweet SpaHa apartment. “What do you mean by saying 2-and-a-half closets, Sammy?” You’re probably asking. “Yes. 2-and-a-half closets — my own, the entire coat closet, and a chest [which in Sammy [...]

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Because Sometimes You Have to Admire What Your Friends Wear

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Because Sometimes You Have to Admire What Your Friends Wear

My good friend Lauren Horn paid me a visit in NYC before jetting off to London for a semester abroad! We met when Lauren was in high school, through the scholarship program of New York Women in Communications. I’ve seen her grow the past three years — and so has her style! I admired her [...]

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